English Premier League

FT Monday, September 21, 2020
Manchester City LWWWL 3
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Wolverhampton Wanderers LWLWL 1
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MNC213
WOL011
Molineux Stadium

Match Report

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Manchester City start campaign in style with win over Wolves

Manchester City got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start, beating Wolves 3-1 at Molineux on Monday night.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
6
65.2
Possession
34.8
14
SHOTS
10
9
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
602
Accurate Passes
273
692
Passes
356
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
58
30
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
12
22
Tackles
25
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
15
10
Effective Clearances
9
10
Clearances
9

Head to Head

WOL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WOL · 5-3-2

  1. 11Rui PatrícioG
  2. 16Conor CoadyCD
  3. 27Romain SaïssCD-L
  4. 15Willy BolyCD-R
  5. 5Fernando MarçalLB
  6. 37Adama TraoréRB
  7. 8Rúben NevesCM
  8. 7Pedro NetoCM-L
  9. 28João MoutinhoCM-R
  10. 10Daniel PodenceCF-L
  11. 9Raúl JiménezCF-R

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 17Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 16RodriLM
  8. 25FernandinhoRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 47Phil FodenAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rúben Vinagre replaces Marçal because of an injury.
  2. 20' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 32' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 2. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  4. 35' Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 35' Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 78' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leander Dendoncker replaces João Moutinho.
  7. 78' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Fábio Silva replaces Pedro Neto.
  8. 78' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 2. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Podence with a cross following a corner.
  9. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Ferran Torres replaces Raheem Sterling.
  10. 86' Rodrigo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+5' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 3. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.

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